computing at schools: a guide to parents
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Computing at SchoolsA Guide to Parents
Omar Bashir
Not prescriptive
Focus on essential knowledge and skills every child should have.
Teachers given the freedom to shape the curriculum to suit pupils’ needs
2014: Primary schools and secondary schools up to the age of 14.
2015: Secondary schools for 15 and 16 year olds.
Maths, expected to learn more at an earlier age.
History, a more chronological approach than anecdotal.
English, learn more Shakespeare with more importance on spelling.
Science, a shift towards hard facts and “scientific knowledge”.
The new computing curriculum with focus on how to write code
Prevalent State of Technology Education
"What would we like our children- the general public of the future—to learn about computer science in schools?
We need to do away with the myth that computer science is about computers.
Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes, biology is about microscopes or chemistry is about beakers and test tubes.
Science is not about tools, it is about how we use them and what we find out when we do."
Micheal R. Fellows, Ian Parberry (1993) "SIGACT trying to get children excited about CS". in: Computing Research News. January 1993.
Al Khwarzimi (Algoritmi), 9th Century ADPioneered algebra and invented algorithms George Boole, 19th Century AD
Developed Boolean Algebra
Charles Babbage, 19th Century ADConceptualised programmablecalculating machines
Augusta Ada King, 19th Century ADWorld's first programmer
Why Now ?http://www.morganstanley.com/ideas/talent-drought-impact-on-software-innovation/
“A shortage of programmers, sales and service personnel could slow innovation, revenues, and development. “
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/22/computing-bcs-uk-computing-curriculum
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/04/coding-school-computing-children-programming
Primary Curriculum
http://www.computingatschool.org.uk/data/uploads/primary_national_curriculum_-_computing.pdf
Ages 5 to 7
Primary Curriculum
http://www.computingatschool.org.uk/data/uploads/primary_national_curriculum_-_computing.pdf
Ages 7 to 11
Hardware
Coding & Algorithms
Internet & World Wide Web
Usage
The Objective
Support
Challenges
Integrated vs. Discrete
Mapping
Scheme of work and lesson plans
Assessm
ents
Logistics
Prevalent
Ideal
Reliance
Third party curriculum providers
Subscription based
No or limited quality assurance
Schools bear risks as well as costs
Budgets
Labs and equipment
Teacher training
Secondary Curriculum Ages 11 to 14
Secondary Curriculum
http://www.computingatschool.org.uk/data/uploads/secondary_national_curriculum_-_computing.pdf
Ages 14 to 16
Challenges
Students transitioning from primary to secondary schools.
Negotiating an evolutionary implementation of a revolutionary curriculum.
Cross collaboration between primary and secondary school.
ChallengesAt least two different programming languages.
Challenges
Breadth
Talent Creates
Talent
£25,000 tax-free bursary to attract high calibre trainee computing teachers as computing master teachers.
Master teachers will lead technology education in secondary schools.
a) Curriculum implementation.b) Syllabus creation.c) Technology selection.d) Inter-school collaboration.e) Teacher training and mentoring.
Key industrial partners involved in assessment and selection.
Parental Involvement
• Talk to children’s teachers about the computing curriculum and its implementation in their schools.
• Talk to children about computing at their schools.
• Help run after school code clubs.
Makehttps://www.raspberrypi.org/
http://www.maplin.co.uk
http://www.intorobotics.com/47-programmable-robotic-kits/
Connect
Learn
Learnhttps://www.khanacademy.org/
Explore
http://www.tnmoc.org/
http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/
http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/
Organise a computer hunt.
Identify computers in your environment.
What do they do.
How are they similar or different from desktops and laptops.
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